Text Box Formatting

[SLG30852]

How do I add a background color to a text box in Adobe 11 Photo Editor?

[Sue Garibaldi]

Hi Sig.

You've posted in the Photoshop Sketch (a mobile app) forum and I'm not familiar with the product you're referring to so I'm unable to move your post.

Are you referring to Photoshop Elements (Photoshop Elements)?

Sue.

[SLG30852]

Yes, I need an answer for Photoshop Elements. It used to be straightforward & easy in the version I previous had on my PC, but since reloading it on my PC (which crashed), I can’t figure out how to fill in the background of the test box with a white background.

SLG

[Michael J. Hoffman]

Moved to the Photoshop Elements forum.

[SLG30852]

Still looking for a response on how to fill in the background within a text box in current version of Photoshop Elements 11...

[hatstead]

What steps are you employing to create the "text box?"

[SLG30852]

I am using the rectangular text box tool in Photoshop Elements. The default background within the box is transparent. I want it to be opaque white.

SLG

[MichelBParis]

The box is not a background.

It's a drawing to show the size and position of the letters.

You have to create the background yourself, as explained by hatstead.

[Michael J. Hoffman]

Someone marked my answer as “correct,” which it obviously wasn’t. I’ve unmarked it to keep this open.

SLG30852, please describe how you created the colored text box in the past? Text in Photoshop doesn’t typically have a background, you have to create a rectangular shape in some way on another layer to provide the look of a text box.

Mike

[hatstead · Accepted solution]

Try this:

1. Go to File>new>blank file. This will be your canvas
2. Activate the Rectangular Marquee tool and drag out a rectangular box
3. Set your foreground color chip to the desired color
4. Activate the Paint-bucket tool, and left click inside the box
5. Press CTRL+D to get rid of the marching ants
6. Change the foreground color chip to the desired color for the text
7. Activate the Type tool and type the text, and position it within the confines of the box.

[SLG30852]

Thx for the help all.

I now understand the process, but it is a whole lot more complicated & time consuming than what I was able to do with the "old" version of Adobe Photo Elements 11.  One had the ability to change the background in the test box to a selected color merely by clicking on the box & selecting the color from the fill menu...

SLG

[hatstead]

SLG30852  wrote

Thx for the help all.

I now understand the process, but it is a whole lot more complicated & time consuming than what I was able to do with the "old" version of Adobe Photo Elements 11.  One had the ability to change the background in the test box to a selected color merely by clicking on the box & selecting the color from the fill menu...

SLG

You can arrive at the same end point by doing it that way as well:

1. File>new>blank file
2. Activate the rectangular marquee tool and drag out a text box
3. Open a Solid Color Adjustment layer above the background layer
4. Select the color of choice from the color picker that opens up in the layers palette
5. Type the text

[stokesy11]

I found a simple way to do this:

1. Create a new layer below the text layer.
2. Use the square marquee tool to draw a box to encompass the type you want a color background for.
3. Make sure the color picker is set to Black foreground/White background.
4. Hit Control/Command Delete for white background.
5. Hit Command Delete for black background (works if type is any color but black).
6. For other colors, change color picker to any color combination & use same keyboard shortcuts.

[stokesy11]

Sorry, disregard the instructions I just posted -- I typed the wrong commands.

Corrected insstructions on the Mac (don't know keyboard commands for the PC):

First, create the type. Then:

1. Create a new layer below the text layer.
2. Use the square marquee tool to draw a box to encompass the type you want a color background for.
3. Make sure the color picker is set to Black foreground/White background.
4. Hit Shift/Option Delete for white background.
5. Hit Shift/Command Delete for black background (works if type is any color but black).
6. For other colors, change color picker to any color combination & use same keyboard shortcuts.

[Glenn 8675309]

You can basically do the same thing using the custom shape tool- it's how I've always done it.

Draw the custom shape using the custom shape selection.
Select the text tool.
CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE TEXT BEFORE YOU TYPE ANYTHING.
Type your text. 

[Glenn 8675309]

It works with any custom shape.

[Glenn 8675309]